The best/luckiest macro shot I've ever taken

[Reeveseye]

I took this at Casino Point on Catalina Island, CA, yesterday (09-27-04). The fish is a Blueband goby, and was about two inches long. How I got him to hold still long enough for my camera to focus and actually take this shot, I'll never know.

Image by Reeveseye (Copyright) posted at ScubaGallery

Camera was an Oly C-750z in a PT-018 housing, with a Sea & Sea YS-90a strobe. Camera set to ISO 100, 1/100 at f/3.2, set on macro setting and optically zoomed in just a little bit.

 

[ReyeR]

Beautiful shot! Hard one for prosumer cams.

Is the image cropped?

 

[CBulla]

Wow! What a GREAT Picture! Its one that you can stare at for hours and look at all the different details.

 

[Dee]

I think you just made him too mad to move! Great shot!

 

[Gilligan]

Great shot.

 

[Reeveseye]

Is the image cropped?

Yes, it is. Wish it wasn't - if I could have filled the entire frame of a 4 megapix camera with a fish that small, I'd be shopping that image all over the place! As it is, however, you're only seeing a little less than half the picture. The original has the goby in the center, with more of the crevice walls around him. Nothing interesting, just blank rock walls, so the superfluous edge details were cropped out.

 

[justleesa]

very cool!

 

[Jetwrench]

Very, very excellent shot!! Request permission to add to my favorites!

Jet

 

[AndyT]

I can only wish that we had fish that colour over here - nice shot !!!

SAafe Diving

Andrew

 

[Reeveseye]

Request permission to add to my favorites!

By all means, please do. I'd be honored. But if you don't mind a question from someone who's still kind of new around here, what exactly does that mean?

AndyT - Don't be misled by this photo. Most of our fish here in Southern California have somewhat muted tones, at least compared to anywhere in the tropics. Blueband gobies are among the most colorful fish we have around here, but they're definitely the exception, not the rule.